Animals
A City Frog's Love Song Attracts More Mates Than Countryside Croaks
Fewer predators and heightened competition for mates allowed urban tungara frogs to add more notes and frills to their calls, with big results Read more: h
How Did the ‘Great Dying’ Kill 96 Percent of Earth’s Ocean-Dwelling Creatures?
Researchers say the prehistoric mass extinction event could mirror contemporary—and future—devastation sparked by global warming
Parrot Genes Reveal Why the Birds Are So Clever, Long-Lived
Researchers say the avian creatures are as genetically distant from other birds as humans are from other primates
The Ten Best Children's Books of 2018
Our picks deliver feminist history, folklore reimagined and an adventurous romp through awe-inspiring destinations
Satellite Data Detects Hundreds of New Sources of Ammonia Pollution
Detailed data shows livestock operations and fertilizers plants are major sources of the pollutant
The Best Places to See Reindeer Around the World
From Norway to Alaska, here's where to see members of Santa's herd in person
It Only Takes Six Hours for Billions of Plastic Nanoparticles to Accumulate in Sea Scallops
The particles accumulated with rapid speed, but it took up to 48 days for them to disappear from the mollusks’ systems
Lonesome George the Giant Tortoise's DNA Reveals Cancer-Fighting and Longevity Genes
The iconic reptile and last Pinta Island tortoise passed in 2012, but a new look at his DNA is helping researchers understand genetics
Jumping Spiders Are the Only Arachnids Known to Provide ‘Milk’ For Their Young
The milk-like nutritious fluid contains four times the protein of cow’s milk
Here's How That Cow Got So Large
The sad fact is most steers are slaughtered before they reach their full, awesome size, making the Aussie bovine more lucky than freakish
Researchers Stabbed Slabs of Meat With Cacti Spines to Learn About Puncture Strength
Barbed spines function much like porcupine quills, drawing on an overlapping shingled design to hook onto victims’ muscle fibers
Early Mammals Were Thought to Be Small and Unseen in the Age of Dinosaurs. An Elephant-Sized Fossil Complicates That Story
At a time when proto-mammals and other creatures were getting smaller, this dicynodont bulked up with the thunder lizards
These Ants Immobilize Prey With Acid Then Drag Them Back to Nest for Dismemberment
Decapitated heads, dismembered limbs litter the floor of <i>Formica archboldi</i> nests
Why Wombats Make Cube-Shaped Poos
New research shows differences in elasticity in the intestines shapes the poo as it moves through
Hurricane Harvey Didn’t Stop These Fish From Mating
Spotted seatrout engaged in normal spawning patterns as the eye of the storm passed directly over their habitat
Orangutans Are the Only Non-Human Primates Capable of ‘Talking’ About the Past
Mothers waited several minutes before alerting offspring to potential predators, pointing toward capacity for displaced referencing
Fantastic Things We Learned This Year About Fantastic Beasts of the Real World
The second iteration of the “Fantastic Beasts” movie series comes out this week, but why wait for the movie when you can get a glimpse of the real thing?
DNA Analysis Offers Insights on Origins of Extinct Jamaican Monkey
The unusual creature had few teeth, rodent-like legs, a squat body and a slow-paced lifestyle
How the Los Angeles Zoo Prepares Its Animals to Face Natural Disasters
The institution sprung into action late last week, evacuating birds and some smaller primates before firefighters contained a nearby blaze in Griffith Park
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